"Days later, Tam reversed his decision and decided that Li had a case to answer, saying it was the defence who must bear the burden of proof, not the prosecution."

Holy crap. You could be accused of anything and if you can't prove its a lie then bye bye.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess what? We have that in the US too. It's called civil asset forfeiture. Only your property is on trial and you have to prove it wasn't used to commit a crime.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago

Yup, and we should 100% abolish that nonsense. And while we're at it, let's abolish qualified immunity as well.